Jack Whyte: Order in Chaos

ORDER IN CHAOS

JACK WHYTE was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1967. An actor, orator, singer, and poet, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Dream of Eagles series of novels set in post-Roman, fifth-century Britain. He lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, where he is currently working on The Guardians, a trilogy of novels set during the Scottish Wars of Independence.

Also by Jack Whyte

A DREAM OF EAGLES

The Skystone

The Singing Sword

The Eagles’ Brood

The Saxon Shore

The Sorcerer, Volume I: The Fort at River’s Bend

The Sorcerer, Volume II: Metamorphosis

Uther

THE GOLDEN EAGLE

Clothar the Frank

The Eagle

THE TEMPLAR TRILOGY

Knights of the Black and White

Standard of Honor

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First published in a Viking Canada hardcover by Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., 2009

Published in this edition, 2010

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Whyte, Jack, 1940–

Order in chaos / Jack Whyte.

(The Templar trilogy ; bk. 3

ISBN 978-0-14-301740-0

I. Title. II. Series: Whyte, Jack, 1940– . Templar trilogy ; bk. 3.

PS8595.H947O73 2010 C813’.54 C2010-902845-7

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